thea Ulrich
Education
Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), BFA, Honors
WORK EXPERIENCe
Blockchains Inc, Senior Producer, Platform Experience, 2022-present Designing the platform experience for a decentralized web3 platform with a focus on AI and identity sovereignty.
Discovery & ITV, TV Co-host, 2022 Co-host for Revengineers, a TV show for the Discovery Channel hosted by Mark Rober and created by Jimmy Kimmel and Mark Rober.
TRANSFIX, Experience Designer / Curator, 2020-2022 Helped launch a new company that specializes in experiential & large scale art. Experience designer for multilevel art maze created out of shipping containers to showcase large scale, immersive, LED, and interactive sculptures up to 50’ tall. Communicated & developed artistic visions with 100s of artists & designers all over the world.
TV Development, Talent/Assistant Producer, 2019-2020 Worked with multiple large production companies to develop unscripted shows for network and streaming services. Assisted production & was lead talent in 5 sizzle reels for pitch season. Achieved 2 shows greenlit to series (1 canceled & 1 postponed due to COVID).
STRUT & SUNSET 9, Production Designer, 2019 Production design, world building, and in camera effects for 2 music videos for presentation at Warner Music Group.
Impostors, Director/Production & Costume Designer, 2018
Directed & designer for a national commercial for clients Scholastic & Target based on a bestselling novel series.
Starbreeze Studios, Mixed Reality Artist, 2017-2018
Experience design, game development and publishing. Designed interactive props, interface, and physical/virtual environments for a variety of immersive VR video games and experiences. Production & experiential designer for HERO, an award-winning immersive VR piece about Syria. Involved a large, moving, interactive set with 4D effects that registered with an intricate virtual world.
Rhode Island School of Design, Director/Production Designer, 2013-2017
Produced & directed large-scale sculptures & immersive environments for RISD’s 2013-2017 commencement ceremonies.
Lexington Design & Fabrication, Estimator, 2014-2015
Estimator at a custom design and fabrication company, focused on the Avatar ride for Disney World.
EXHIBITIONS, SHOWS, & PERFORMANCES
Lumiere Awards, HERO, 2019 – won Best Immersive VR
Tribeca, HERO, NYC, 2018 – won 2018 Storyscapes Award
Sundance, HERO, Park City, UT, 2018
Gallery, Genetically Altered, Oakland, CA, 2017
Mass MoCA, In What Distant Sky, North Adams, MA, May 2016-April 2017
Gallery 825, Festoon, Los Angeles, CA, Jan-Feb 2016
Harvard University’s Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Living as Form (The Nomadic Version), Cambridge, MA, Feb-April 2014
Boston Center for the Arts, About, With & For, Boston, MA, Oct-Dec 2013
Aurora, Grand Opening, Providence, RI, May 2014
RISD Museum, Locally Made, Providence, RI, Sept 2013
Brown University’s Cohen Gallery, When We Didn’t Touch the Ground, Providence, RI, May 2012
Memorial Hall, Are you a Freak?, Providence, RI, May 2012
Woods Gerry, Providence, RI, March 2012-April 2012
Everett, Brain Café, Providence, RI, May 2011
Brown University’s Granoff Center, A Shared Experience, Providence, RI, March-April 2011
Tap Room, RISD, RISDperform, Providence, RI, November 2010
Artists’ Exchange, Paintings and Drawings: Two Local Emerging Artists, Cranston, RI, Sept-Oct 2010
RISD Apparel Runway Show, Providence, RI, Spring 2009-2012